Li Zicheng kept his promise and took Mu Sirong to go shopping, in order not to disturb the normal order of the market, Li Zicheng took off his military uniform and felt hat, and put on a blue-black cloak on the outside of his long jacket, pretending to be a young rich businessman.

The two little maids in Tsing Yi followed closely behind Mu Sirong, and finally He Mi led three or five personal soldiers, all dressed in short clothes and dressed in the style of a housekeeper.

Out of the gate of the Mu Mansion, it is the North Gate Street, which is basically the market square, everyone turned to the left, walked along the North Gate Street, Mu Sirong was as happy as a lark, passers-by saw it, and they could see at a glance that she was the concubine of a big family, and there was no dignified and steady lady at all.

Li Zicheng knew in his heart that Mu Mansion was located in Shifang, and it was impossible for Mu Sirong not to travel with her family, she just liked to be by her side.

Along the way, Li Zicheng took care of her, and when she met a big store in Gaomen, she would take her little hand to go in.

Although Mu Sirong is like Grandma Liu's first entry into the Grand View Garden, everything is fresh, but there are not many really eye-catching goods, most of them just stop and observe, and they don't wait for Li Zicheng's orders, so they shout to leave.

Perhaps she was so excited that she forgot to buy anything.

After less than a mile, a group of people turned into Danfeng Street, which is the most prosperous area of the city, there are shops on both sides of the street, almost no private houses can be seen, and pedestrians are denser than Beimen Street, whether they shop or not, at least the popularity is more prosperous, the last time Li Zicheng took his own soldiers to go shopping, because it was afternoon, it was not as lively as now.

At the end of Danfeng Street, it is perpendicular to Qixia Street, Qixia Street has been parallel to Beimen Street, in Xining Mansion, Danfeng, Qixia Second Street, is the most prosperous area, than Beimen Street and Dongmen Street.

Li Zicheng saw a shop on Qixia Street, not only smiled: "Rong'er, this is the most prosperous area in the city, and the shop of Mu's firm is too small and a little old!" ”

Mu Sirong raised her neck and said: "I heard my father say that every inch of land on Qixia Street is expensive, and it is too difficult to expand the storefront, can the metropolitan governor think of some way?" ”

"Me?" Li Zicheng lowered his voice and said, "Rong'er is saying that I will use the power of the Heavenly Mandate Army to drive away the nearby merchants, and then expand the shops of the Mu Clan's trading house?" ”

"That's what the maid meant," Mu Sirong stomped her little feet, glanced at Li Zicheng, and said, "The maid is saying, let the Governor of the Metropolitan think of a way to see if he can buy the nearby shops......

"What's the difference?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Qixia Street is full of prosperous shops, every inch of land is expensive, who wants to sell their own shops?" ”

He knew in his heart that for merchants, the shop was their land, a permanent wealth, and it was to be passed on to future generations, and if the shop was bought, after getting the cash, he could only sit and eat the landslide, and sooner or later it would be spent, what would happen to the descendants of the future?

Now that Qixia Street is the most prosperous area in Xining, who will sell their shops? If you can't operate normally, you can rent it to others, and it's good to sit and collect rent.

"Oh, the Governor is so ugly?" Mu Sirong shook Li Zicheng's arms with two small hands, "Governor, help my father, okay?" ”

"But, I can't help with such a thing......"

Li Zicheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, in fact, there are many ways to help Mu Qingshan develop shops, and the most direct way is the means of robbers: drive away the nearby merchants, redivide the land for them, and let them choose the land to rebuild the shops;

If you think that this method is too drastic, it is easy to leave trouble, and you can also secretly make trouble, so that the proprietors of the shops around the Mu family will suffer from flying disasters, and in order to make cash, they can only sell it in pain, but they don't know it.

There is another method, which has been tried and tested many times in later generations, is to relocate, move the commercial area to a larger area, and each merchant can get the original share of the land, but the overall area is larger, and the extra part will be allocated to the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion and Xining Mansion.

However, Xining's business has just started, no matter which way it is tossed, it is the business itself that will be damaged, as well as the credibility of the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, Li Zicheng will never make such a big sacrifice for a certain person, even if he is Mu Qingshan!

Mu Sirong saw that Li Zicheng was pondering, so she hurriedly came over, put her ear on Li Zicheng, and whispered, "It's a big deal...... The maidservant let them serve the picturesque and picturesque together...... Also, the maid asked her father to send two more stunning little maids......"

What are these words? Was Pontus such a womanizer? Besides, if Pontus needed it, he wouldn't have paid for it himself? Is Mu Qingshan's silver better than that of Pontus?

What Li Zicheng opposes the most is the idea of privilege, if you want money, you can earn it with your ability, and you want to let the Mandate of Heaven Army and the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion act as tigers, no way! Not to mention two little maids, that is, two hundred little maids are placed in front of them, people, the governor of Pontus can accept them, but they will never do anything illegal!

Mu Sirong saw that Li Zicheng's expression was wrong, so she didn't dare to say anything more, but there was a look of grief in her eyes, and her two eyelashes blinked, and before she knew it, she was already looking like a watery one.

Li Zicheng leaned down, pressed Mu Sirong's back, and hugged him into his arms, "Rong'er, don't be strong, Mu's shop is so big, it can't be covered to the sky......" Speaking of this, his heart suddenly moved!

Mu Sirong hid her head in Li Zicheng's arms, and said, "Can't the governor help the servant?" ”

"It's not impossible to help you, but you can't violate the laws of the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, let alone infringe on the interests of others," Li Zicheng said: "The goal of the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion is to protect all the people on the earth, if we rely on our power to blatantly infringe on others, what difference is it from the officials of the imperial court?" ”

Mu Sirong raised her eyes, wiped them with her sleeves, and said, "That...... The Governor is willing to help his servant......"

"Rong'er can't be the master of such a big thing, right?" Li Zicheng patted a piece of her face exposed outside the velvet hat, "Is proprietor Mu at home?" Let's go talk to him! ”

"Yes, the maid also saw her father in the morning," Mu Sirong turned from worry to joy, and the Metropolitan Governor said this, that is, he was willing to help his father, "Metropolitan Governor, shall we go now?" ”

"Well, we have already visited these most prosperous areas," Li Zicheng suddenly thought, it was rare to accompany Mu Sirong out for a trip, and he didn't spend a penny, so he said: "Rong'er, we can't go back empty-handed, let's go to the front and take a look, what kind of silk cloth to look at, sell a few horses back!" ”

"The servant thanked the Governor!" Mu Sirong's mind was no longer on the silk cloth, so she hastily looked at the two and selected some.

happily followed Li Zicheng back home.

Mu Sirong pushed Li Zicheng away and took the initiative to report to Mu Qingshan.

Mu Qingshan heard that Li Zicheng had summoned him, and he was busy asking the servants to bring Li Zicheng into the private room in the backyard, and the greetings between the two sides were finished, Mu Qingshan said: "Dadu Governor, the grass people have been busy with the business of the shop these days, and they have really neglected Dadu, and they are just idle today, and they will catch the wind for Dadu Governor at noon......

"No, no," Li Zicheng knew that Mu Qingshan must have been busy transporting goods to Sichuan these days, and it is estimated that the goods have traveled now, so he is idle, "Lord Mu, I accompanied Rong'er to the market just now, and Rong'er wants to expand Mu's shop on Qixia Street......"

"This girl, don't pay attention to her," Mu Sirong waved her hand, "The shop on Qixia Street, no amount of silver can buy it......"

"I understand," Li Zicheng smiled faintly, "Since we can't buy it, we can change the way!" ”

"Another way?" Mu Qingshan was puzzled, frowned and said, "Could it be that the Metropolitan Governor uses a strong ......?"

"Merchants pay taxes according to the law and have not done anything out of the ordinary, how can I force them?" Li Zicheng said: "Since the shop can't expand forward, backward, left and right, let's change the direction. ”

Xining is the original birthplace of the Mandate of Heaven Army, but also the starting point of industry and commerce, and is still one of the central cities under the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Office, he has been looking for a bright spot, as a representative symbol of Xining, people in the future, once they mention Xining, they will think of this symbol, but unfortunately it did not succeed.

This time, Mu Sirong begged him to expand the land for Muhammad's shop, and in a hurry, he had an idea.

"Changing directions?" Mu Qingshan naturally didn't understand Li Zicheng's thoughts, and said with a worried brow: "Dadu Governor, it is impossible to expand from front to back, left and right, is it possible to develop to the sky?" ”

"Lord Mu is right, he is worthy of being a leader in Xining's business community," Li Zicheng said: "I have carefully considered, if Mu's shop wants to expand, there is only one way to develop to the sky." ”

"What does the Metropolitan mean, to convert the shop into a wooden building?" Mu Qingshan's face was even more sad, "Metropolitan Governor, if it is rebuilt into a two-story wooden building, it can double the space, but it is ......"

Li Zicheng smiled: "Just what? If Lord Mu has any worries, you might as well say it directly! ”

"Cao Min thinks about it, not only does it cost a lot of money to rebuild a shop, but also," Mu Qingshan saw Li Zicheng looking at him sideways, so he said: "More importantly, once the shop is rebuilt, it will inevitably be closed for many days, and once the customer is lost, it will be difficult to ......turn back in the future."

"For this?" Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said: "Master Mu, if you rebuild the shop, it won't cost you a penny, and you can recall the original customers, no, there must be more original customers, will you agree?" ”

"Is there such a thing?" Mu Qingshan's eyebrows wrinkled into a big word "Sichuan", and with the corners of his eyes on both sides, a deep fishtail appeared, "Dadu Governor ......"

"We're family, will I lie to you?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Let's talk about the cost first, I plan to use the power of the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion to build a two-storey, no, three-story building for the Mu Mansion for free, and I don't need to pay a penny from the Mu Mansion!" ”

"This ......" Mu Qingshan said: "The grass people thank the Governor for his kindness, but the three-story wooden building ...... How thick the wood does it take......"

"No need for wood," Li Zicheng said, "Has Lord Mu seen the cement avenue outside the city?" It is built with cement, which is much stronger than wooden buildings and earth buildings, and the speed of construction is also fast! ”

"Cement?" Mu Qingshan's eyes widened, and even his mouth was big, "The Metropolitan Governor said that cement can build houses?" ”

"Of course, the cement is now used to pour roads, and the production is seriously insufficient," Li Zicheng said: "Once the roads are almost poured, they will be sold to the people, and Muhammy's shop is the first cement house in the world." ”

"Ah......" Mu Qingshan groaned for a while, but said: "Governor, the grass people have seen cement roads, but the houses built with cement are ...... Is it really safe? ”

"Don't worry, on the day the cement building is completed, if I have time, I will be the first to spend the night in the building!" Li Zicheng looked at Mu Qingshan's appearance, and felt funny in his heart, the current cement may not be as good as that of future generations, but the cement bridge has been successful, can the cement house still be difficult?

"The Governor ......"

"I originally prepared, the first high-rise building in Xining, was prepared for Shunfeng Commercial Bank, in order to increase the sensational effect," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "However, I have no time to vigorously develop in the commercial house, today Rong'er begged me, so I had to give it to Mu Dongzhu!" ”

"Then thank Rong'er...... No, no, thank you to the Metropolitan Governor...... "Although Mu Qingshan can't fully believe in the cement building, but Li Zicheng's body, there are too many strange things, what if it can succeed......" The grass people understand, as long as the three-story cement building comes out, it will inevitably form a sensation, and there are no customers? ”

"Haha," Li Zicheng laughed, "Lord Mu, once the cement building is successful, it will definitely become a scenery in Xining Mansion, but the name of this Mu firm...... I'm afraid it's a bit out of place! ”

Mu Qingshan immediately understood, and hurriedly turned over and hemmed, "Ask the Metropolitan Governor for a name!" ”

"Lord Mu get up quickly," Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said, "HSBC, this name is good!" ”

"HSBC? A good name, money and wealth, great achievements! Mu Qingshan thanked him: "Governor Dadu, from now on, Mu's Commercial Bank will be renamed HSBC Commercial Bank, and the grass people really don't know how to thank the Metropolitan Governor......"